Episode 73: Dr Melissa Upton - Education, Opportunity, Empathy, and Inclusion
People of Pathology Podcast
English - August 16, 2021 06:00 - 1 hour - 129 MBScience Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: Episode 72: Dr Jeremy Li - Deep Tissue Microscopy and Cision Vision
Today my guest is Pathologist Dr Melissa Upton
What we discuss with Dr Upton:
How her parents instilled in her the importance of access to education
How she was inspired to become a doctor, and how she chose pathology
Her experience in Tokyo as a research fellow
How she became involved with ASCP and her term as president
Some of her initiatives with ASCP in the area of diversity
Her involvement in the editorial Reversing Historical Trends
The importance of wellness, and what this means to her
Her opinion on if pathology is making progress in diversity and inclusion
Links for this episode:
Dr Upton on Twitter
Reversing Historical Trends: The Crisis, the Challenge, and the Opportunity
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